Notranjska Regional Park

Entering Notranjska Regional Park offers chance visitors a surprising view. Coming from a vast mixed forest, they suddenly find before them a wide plain, a true karst polje with a disappearing lake. To the southwest the park is bordered by the steep slopes of the Javorniki mountain range, which rises to more than 1,200 meters; tothe south a narrow ridge separates it from the Loški Potok valley; to the east rises the Bloke plateau; to the northeast are the warm slopes of Mount Slivnica; and the steep slopes of the Menišija plateau form its northern border. 210 km2

Access to the parkYou can reach Notranjska Regional Park via the Ljubljana-Trieste expressway. Leave the expressway at the Unec exit. There are good bus connections from the Ljubljana direction, and the buses stop in all the villages along Cerknica Lake. Train connections are also good. Get off in Rakek to visit the park. An advantage of the train is that you can bring your bicycle with you. The train station is a good starting point for a bicycle tour of Rakov Škocjan or Cerknica Lake.